Role of National Associations and  Institutions Development of Library and  Information Science Professionals: A  Study

Sandeepa Yadav; Dr. M. P. Singh

Volume : I, Issue : IV, September - 2012

Role of National Associations and Institutions Development of Library and Information Science Professionals: A Study

Sandeepa Yadav, Dr. M. P. Singh

Abstract :

In modern society, every human activity are organized and maintained through institutions. Every major social task, whether social and economic performance or healthcare, education or research, business or industry is institutionalized. Liaries and other similar types of institutions, associations, are those that collect, stock, process, organize, disseminate and distribute information/ knowledge recorded in documents. One person or single institution cannot possibly do much to deal with wider and far reaching issues of concerned professions. For this, a collective interested group is necessary, which can perform well by collective efforts. Theses collective efforts can be done by associations, which are called Professional associations. The main objective is to foster a spirit of public service among their members, promote liary services, project the interests of their members and build up the image of the LIS professionals. Professional Associations form a backbone of the Professional development. In a developing country, like India, the role of liary Associations in the development of LIS professionals is hardly realized. The National associations under discussion include the ILA, IASLIC. The literature of these associations offers some clues as to their role in the development of liary and information professionals. This paper is focus on the role of liary associations and institutions in the development of LIS professionals.